The film opens with a daring and meticulously executed robbery of an armored car on London’s famous Tower Bridge. After the holdup men escape with the money, it is revealed through their conversations with each other that none of them know the identity of the master-criminal who planned the robbery and who gives them their orders |
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Circus_of_Fear #2
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LEAPING THE GAP...
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In December 1952, number 78 double-decker bus was crossing Tower Bridge. At that time, the gateman would ring a warning bell and close the gates when the bridge was clear before the watchman ordered the lift. The process failed while a relief watchman was on duty. The bus was near the edge of the south bascule when it started to rise; driver Albert Gunter made a split-second decision to accelerate the bus, clearing a six-foot drop onto the north bascule, which had not started to rise. The conductor broke his leg, and twelve of the twenty passengers aboard received minor injuries. The driver was later rewarded with a £10 bonus.
Beginning in the late 1950s, the German film industry produced a number of highly successful films based on Edgar Wallace’s mystery novels. These became known as "Kriminalfilms" or “Krimis.” CIRCUS OF FEAR was produced partially to tap into this market, which helps to explain why a number of German actors are included in the cast. It was released in Germany in black & white so that a German-produced film which came out at about the same time could be billed as the first Edgar Wallace film to be released there in color.
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